OPPRESSED Synonyms

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

• controlled or ruled by superior authority or power

• harassed by persistent nagging

• abused or oppressed by people in power

• subjected to cruel treatment

• subjected to cruel treatment

• characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions

• in a softened tone

• restrained in style or quality

• quieted and brought under control

• not brilliant or glaring

• lacking in light; not bright or harsh

• reduced to submission

• kept from public knowledge by various means

• manifesting or subjected to suppression

• held in check with difficulty

• experiencing intense pain especially mental pain

• tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

• (of persons) taken advantage of

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• make a slave of; bring into servitude

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• cause to suffer

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• the sound of heavy treading or stomping

• tread or stomp heavily or roughly

• injure by trampling or as if by trampling

• walk on and flatten